What to stream this week: Chris Stapleton, Call of Duty, 'The Killer,' Tim Allen's Santa return
Country superstar Chris Stapleton's fifth studio album and a documentary about Albert Brooks that includes Steven Spielberg, David Letterman, Ben Stiller, Larry David, Chris Rock and Wanda Sykes are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
Also among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists are Michael Fassbender playing a hitman in David Fincher's “The Killer," Tim Allen putting on his Santa suit for season two of “The Santa Clauses” and “The Buccaneers,” Apple TV 's eight-episode series answer to “Bridgerton.”
— Michael Fassbender plays an unnamed hitman in David Fincher's “The Killer,” debuting on Netflix on Friday, Nov. 10. It's based on a French graphic novel and adapted by Andrew Kevin Walker, who also wrote the screenplay for “Seven” (or “Se7en” for the purists), this nameless assassin has some very specific rules for his chosen profession which he monologues to the audience. But of course, things go very wrong on this particular job in Paris, and he's left to deal with the consequences in a globetrotting race. While it might not rank among Fincher's stone-cold classics, reviews have been largely positive. Critic Bob Strauss wrote that, “The Killer” may look like a fight for one's life with a satisfying side of vengeance. But it's a study of an existential death served in delectably cold and precise portions.
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— Rob Reiner enlists the likes of Steven Spielberg, David Letterman, Ben Stiller, Larry David, Chris Rock and Wanda Sykes to take stock the impact of Albert Brooks in the new documentary “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life,” streaming on Max on Saturday, Nov. 11. Reiner and Brooks,
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